TURPIE WAXED WROTH

David Turpie.

Cortland Evening Standard, Tuesday, May 11, 1897.

TURPIE WAXED WROTH.

Denounced Spain For Her Oppression of Cuba.

WE SHOULD NOT ASSIST SPAIN.

He Does Not Believe in Maintaining the Spanish Credit—Would Be Glad to See That Nation Wiped Off the Face of the Earth.

   WASHINGTON, May 11.—The Morgan Cuban resolution was discussed at considerable length in the senate. Mr. Hale of Maine and Mr. White of California spoke against the resolution, while Mr. Turpie of Indiana supported it. The speeches were not of a kind to stimulate the galleries, being in the main calm and dispassionate reviews of the situation in Cuba.

   A resolution was agreed to, without opposition, putting into effect the rearrangement of the senate committees as agreed upon in the several caucuses.

   The Cuban resolution was laid aside temporarily, to allow Mr. Vest to secure agreement to a resolution directing the committee on commerce to inquire into the causes of the recent floods on the Mississippi river and report to the senate next December. The consideration of the Cuban resolution was resumed, and Mr. Turpie of Indiana spoke in favor of it.

   "It is the age of revolution," exclaimed the senator, "and I hope that it may last long enough to drive the last remnant of monarchy from the American continent." Referring to the reports that another Spanish loan was being negotiated, Mr. Turpie said: "Spain is now on its last legs financially. Shall we fill up her treasury; are we charged with supporting and maintaining the Spanish credit? Is it our duty to support the armies and navies of Spain on land and sea in her vain efforts to subject the patriots of Cuba once more to the oppression of the Spanish yoke? I think not. But the senator from Maine says that if we pass the resolution the Spanish minister will ask for his passports, break up diplomatic relations and go home. I do not attach importance to that consequence."

   Mr. White of California followed in opposition to the resolution.

   The resolution was then laid aside and the senate went into executive session and shortly afterward adjourned.

Dead Beats Arrested.

   SARATOGA, May 11.—Daniel and Charles McCarty have been lodged in the Saratoga county jail. They were sent there from Mechanicsville. Complaints have been lodged against them from Poughkeepsie, Rochester, Sidney, Homer, Corning, Lockport and Little Falls, N. Y., and New Castle, Pa. It is claimed that they failed to pay their bills at hotels in a number of New York cities and towns.

GOOD OLD AGE.

Captain King Dies at the Advanced Age of 106 Years.

   TROY, N. Y., May 11.—Captain Joseph King, who claimed that he was 106 years last Wednesday, died at his home in Lansingburg.

   He claimed to be of Indian descent, and his appearance was a corroboration of his assertion.

   This title of captain was obtained by his connection with Hudson river sailing vessels many years ago. He did not appear to be more than 80 years of age.

   Until the last presidential election Captain King had been a staunch Democrat, but he broke away from the party on the silver issue and voted for McKinley. The present president was notified of Captain King's change and when he received a photograph of the centenarian before election sent one of his own in return.

   Captain King was the father of Stephen and Mark King, who were among the fathers of baseball players a quarter of a century ago and who, with "Babe" Anson, were members of the original White Stockings of Chicago.

PAGE TWO—EDITORIALS.

   The religion of Christian nations is apparently not more than skin deep. In Europe we have the disgraceful spectacle of nearly every Christian country sympathizing with pagan Turk against Christian Greek. The Turk shuts wounded Greeks in a Christian church and burns them alive. The Christian nations of Europe in return offer to lend Turkey five times as much money as they will lend to Greece and at half the interest. Go on roasting wounded Christians alive in Christian churches, they say. We will back you in it with our cash every time. Go on marching captured Christian women in the front rank of your armies, so that they may be fired on and killed by their own countrymen. We will still back you in it with our cash. Go on committing atrocities known only in barbaric warfare, says Germany to the Turk. Officers of the highest rank from my Christian army are with you directing you how most effectively to butcher their Christian brethren. I approve it and you shall have more of my help and my ships, too, if you want them.

   What is the explanation of this inhumanity and indecent hypocrisy? It is simply that the Christian nations of Europe believe the barbarous Turk has more money with which to pay the money he borrowed from them than the Christian Greek has. That is just how much the Christian nations of Europe will do for their religion.

Mediation Accepted.

   LONDON, May 11—In the house of commons to-day the first lord of the treasury and government leader, Mr. A. J. Balfour, announced that instructions had been received this morning from all the representatives of the powers at Athens saying that mediation between Turkey and Greece had been offered to the latter country and had been accepted by the Greek government.

Peace in Prospect.

   ATHENS, May 11.—Greece has formally adhered to the preliminaries for peace agreed upon between the powers, and the heads of the different legations have received positive assurances investing them with authority to treat with Turkey. Negotiations at Athens are regarded as concluded.

EMANCIPATION ENTERTAINMENT

To be Given at Taylor Hall Wednesday Evening for the A. M. E. Church.

   The following is the program of the entertainment to be given at Taylor hall, [Cortland], on Wednesday evening, May 12, under the auspices of Y. P. S. C. E. of the Zion A. M. E. church:

Orchestra.

Opening Chorus—Meeting Here To-night.

Prayer.

Orchestra.

Recitation—Railroad Crossing, Miss Florence Johnson.

Solo—Old Jim's Christmas Hymn, Miss Ida Washington.

Recitation—Ride of Jennie McNeal, Miss Anna West.

Solo and Chorus—Gospel Train.

Orchestra.

Oration on the Crisis, Mr. Walter Russel.

Trio—The Church Across the Way, Miss Florence Johnson, Miss Ida Washington, Mr. Charles Robbins.

Reading of Emancipation Proclamation, Mr. A. R. Persons.

Duet and Chorus.

Orchestra.

Recitation—The Black Regiment, Miss Berenice Persons.

Chorus—Been a 'Listening.

Oration—The New Negro, Rev. James E. Mason.

Singing.

Remarks by the Mayor, Mr. Duane Call.

Orchestra.

   The program will conclude with a grand tableau, "America." Admission 25 cents. Ice cream and cake will be served at the close of the entertainment.

Doors open at 7 o'clock, entertainment begins at 8 o'clock.

   The colored people of this vicinity have been making strenuous efforts for the past few years to secure means enough to establish a church and it is earnestly desired that this entertainment be well attended.

   Those who were so unfortunate as not to hear the eloquent sermons delivered by Rev. J. E. Mason, D. D., Sunday morning at the First M. E. church and in the evening at the Homer-ave. Methodist Episcopal church should attend the entertainment and hear the oration be is to deliver that evening; also the jubilee songs and plantation melodies as sung by the Excelsior Jubilee quintet.

DEPENDENT CHILDREN.

Cortland County Is Now Supporting Only One Child Instead of Twenty-six.

   There are now confined in the Cortland county almshouse forty-eight inmates, which is the smallest number in several years.

   At the present time the county is supporting only one child in an orphan asylum or in a home, and that one is in the Onondaga county orphan asylum.

   When O. P. Miner, the present superintendent of the poor, came into office Jan. 1, 1895, the county was supporting nineteen children in the Onondaga asylum at Syracuse, and seven in the St. Mary's Home at Binghamton at a total annual expense of over $2,200. All of these children with the one exception have through the superintendent's efforts, been placed in good homes and there is no probability of their ever again becoming a county charge. The county is now paying only $84 for the support of orphans, showing an annual saving of over $2,100 to the taxpayers of the county.

Death of Mrs. Allen.

   Mrs. Nancy Content Allen, wife of S. S. Allen of 17 Doubleday-st., died this morning at about 6 o'clock as the result of a shock of paralysis sustained several days ago. Her age was 65 years. The funeral will be held at 7:30 o'clock to-morrow evening at the house, and the remains will be taken to Owego on Thursday for burial, leaving Cortland on the 12:27 train on the Lehigh Valley. The husband and six children—three sons and three daughters survive.

Exchange of Property.

   David H. Crane of McGrawvllle has traded what is known as the Jacobs farm, one mile south of McGrawville, with Cynthia A. Belden for her house and lot on Spring-st. in McGrawvllle. This is the place which is known as the David I. Brownell, Jr., homestead.

Sold at Mortgage Foreclosure.

   A. E. Seymour, Esq., acting as attorney for Orson A. Kinney, Jr., and Roscoe Rowe, executors of the estate of Orson A. Kinney, Sr., deceased, this morning at 10 o'clock at the south front door of the courthouse sold at mortgage foreclosure 436 acres in Freetown belonging to William Caldwell. The property was bid in by the executors for $1,000 subject to another mortgage on which there was due the sum of $2,981.21. This mortgage was afterward assigned to the executors of the estate so that they now have a clear and perfect title to the property.

BREVITIES.

   —One tramp occupied a cell at the police station last night.

   —The Fortnightly club will meet at the home of Miss E. Jennette Collins, 17 Grant-st., to-morrow afternoon,

   —New display advertisements to-day are—D. McCarthy & Co., New Wash Fabrics, page 6; T. P. Bristol, It's No Small Job, page 7; S. N. Holden, Lehigh Coal, page 6; F. Daehler, Clothing, page 5; Palmer & Co., Special Sale, page 4; Plato's Agency, Broncho Remedies, page 5.

   —The retail price of coal took a drop of 30 cents a ton to-day.—Ithaca Journal, Monday. Cortland dealers hear of no general drop and the price of coal remains the same here. They say that must be a local deal at Ithaca. The only prospect noted in Cortland is a reported advance of price on June 1, and that they believe will prove to be true, as the coal trade Journals say the wholesale price will be increased on that date. Retailers will get no official notice of the advance till it comes.

   —By reason of a slight accident which happened to our newspaper press yesterday afternoon just as the daily edition was completed we are obliged to-day to print The STANDARD upon our large Huber book and job press. As we can print but four pages at a time upon this press, instead of the whole eight pages at once as on our Cox duplex perfecting press, we were compelled to close the forms of certain pages at an earlier hour than usual and consequently alter the make up of our paper for the time being. This accounts for the apparent exchanging of the sixth and eighth pages, and for the fact that the pages are not cut. We expect that repairs will be completed to-night so that the paper can be printed as usual to-morrow on the Cox press.

HOMER.

Gleanings of News From Our Twin Village.

   HOMER, May 11.—The worshipers at the Baptist church Sunday were delighted with the new precentor, Mr. Waterbury. A special feature of the music in the morning was a duet by Mr. Waterbury and Mrs. Henry Harrington, entitled "Saved by Grace." In the evening a ladles' chorus of ten voices sang "Hide Me."

   The Bible school at the Baptist church Sunday was favored with a visit from Mr. J. C. Sanders, now of New York City. Mr. Sanders is now 83 years of age, was a joint author of the old spelling book and a member of the first Sunday-school organized in this region. It was located near the spot where the county house now stands. Mr. Sanders addressed the school much to the pleasure of every one. It was with difficulty that he could tear himself away from the inquiries of many interested ones.

   The meeting of the Junior Endeavor of the Congregational church which was to have been held Sunday at 3:30 P. M. was postponed until last night when it occurred in unison with the Senior Endeavor.

   Rev. L. J. Christler is to deliver the Memorial day oration in Bradford, Pa.

   Rev. Mr. Christler is riding a Remington wheel presented to him by the members of Trinity church, Syracuse, of which Mr. Christler was one time rector.

   It is expected that the vested choir of Calvary church will give a grand choir festival on the evening of Ascension day, May 28, under the direction of Charles Fenner of Syracuse and John E. Bates. It promises to be a rare musical treat.

   Mr. Ralph has been presented by his uncle, P. C. Kingsbury, a new Buffalo wheel.

   Miss Collena Van Hoesen is visiting in Preble to-day.

   Wm. Signor has accepted a position with the Whitney Carriage Works of

Syracuse and is to move his family to that place soon.

   Mr. James O. Burrows has placed a new sign in front of his shop on Main-st. advertising bicycle repairing done by him.

   William A. Shirley has received a notice from the McClure Cycle Exchange of Ithaca to stop the person, if he should find him, who rented an Eclipse bicycle of that firm and has failed to return it. He is thought to have come into this town with it.